Six newly elected ICC judges to be sworn in on 10 March 2015

A swearing-in ceremony for six new judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will be held on Tuesday 10 March 2015, at 15:30 (The Hague local time) in Courtroom I at the seat of the Court in The Hague (Netherlands). 

Judges Marc Perrin de Brichambaut (France), Piotr Hofmański (Poland), Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Bertram Schmitt (Germany), Péter Kovács (Hungary) and Chang-ho Chung (Republic of Korea) were elected for nine-year terms during the thirteenth session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute in December 2014. 

The judges will take a public oath declaring: “I solemnly undertake that I will perform my duties and exercise my powers as a judge of the International Criminal Court honourably, faithfully, impartially and conscientiously, and that I will respect the confidentiality of investigations and prosecutions and the secrecy of deliberations”.

Live webstreaming

While the event is on invitation-only basis, the ceremony can be followed live on the ICC website at: English, French

Audio-visual materials

Photographs and an audio-visual recording of the ceremony will be made available following the ceremony.

For further information, please contact Fadi El Abdallah, Spokesperson and Head of Public Affairs Unit, International Criminal Court, by telephone at: +31 (0)70 515-9152 or +31 (0)6 46448938 or by e-mail at: [email protected].

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